TELLY classic Through the Keyhole is returning to our screens – with Vernon Kay as the new Loyd Grossman.

The company behind massive ITV hits The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, FremantleMedia, has bought the rights to the show and is planning a glitzy makeover to pull in younger, celebrity-obsessed viewers.

Paul O’Grady, 56, is the favourite to clinch the studio host role, made famous by Sir David Frost. While Kay, 37, will snoop around stars’ lavish pads for clues – using snobby Grossman’s famous catchphrase: “Who would live in a house like this?”

A TV source said: “Vernon and Paul are the top choices to reinvigorate the show. The whole programme had become stuffy and looked and felt dated. This time there will be a lavish studio, amazing celeb houses and a real sense of fun.”

FremantleMedia’s chief Trish Kinane added: “It was the first gameshow to celebrate celebrity culture, and there is now a new generation of celebrities all over the world who are eager to take part.”

Through The Keyhole launched on ITV in 1987, co-hosted by Sir David Frost, 72, who challenged guests to guess the homeowner’s identity.

The TV legend’s company David Paradine Productions previously owned the rights to the show.

Food buff 60-year-old Grossman quit in 2003 and was replaced by a number of female presenters, including Lisa Snowdon.

The show transferred to Sky in the 1990s before moving to the BBC where it ran until 2008.